Appellate advocacy and Hollywood meet! For those who toil away in stacks of research, piles of rewrites, and solo rehearsals of oral arguments, appellate law is about to blow up! Well, perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but a quality production film about one of the most well-known members of the Supreme Court is about to hit theaters in just a few weeks.

RBG is the film documenting the life and career of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is a tiny, soft spoken lady, but she has made a big impression in shaping the legal landscape generally, but also specifically blazing a path for women in a profession long dominated by men. Her accomplishments are memorialized in this movie. Perhaps you will recognize some of the players:

At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg 's exceptional life and career from Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and co-produced by Storyville Films and CNN Films.

Movies about the lives of justices are rarely, (have they ever been?), the subject of a feature film, but Justice Ginsburg has been a significant pioneer for the legal profession. It is good that a woman in a serious profession can command such attention in the mainstream culture. A sign of the times no doubt.